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FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION (DEPARTMENT OF)

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection provides fire protection and stewardship for California's privately-owned wildlands. These services include inspections and patrols during extreme weather conditions. The Department maintains a fire prevention and control system, and maintains and improves the quality of land and vegetative resources. The Department also assists during local emergencies and natural disasters, offers rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person who willfully sets fire to any property, and also collects fire suppression costs when it determines that a person is responsible for a fire. The department's programs include:

Brush range improvement

Conservation camps

Emergency re-vegetation/burned watersheds

Environmental protection

Fire control

Fire prevention

Fire research

Forest disease control

Forest insect control

Forest practice regulation

Service forestry (advises timber/timberland owners)

State forests

Tree nursery/reforestation

Watershed research

Wildlife fuels management

Complaint jurisdiction:
Problems in any of the areas listed above.

Complaints outside jurisdiction:

Inquiries about woodcutting permits and campground reservations for U.S. forests under federal jurisdiction.